[nagdu] Relieving dogs at Washington Seminar and other areas

JULIE PHILLIPSON jbrew48 at verizon.net
Fri Feb 15 15:22:45 UTC 2013 

Just for future use if you go out the main doors turn left and go to the 
corner.  You make a right turn and cross C street in that block there is a 
whole block long strip of grass that fronts the department of education 
building.  That is a good place to go to use grass and you clean up after 
your dog.  You can also cross 6th. street and to your left is also a strip 
of grass.  Diane McGeorge suggested going a block down 6th. street to a park 
but I would much prefer to just go across the street and pick up after my 
dog.  I don't like the thought of stepping in dog poop from someone else's 
dog!  If you go out the door on 6th. street there is a little patch that is 
a small garden but its hard to clean up and there are probably lots of dogs 
going there and leaving their droppings.  This year there wasn't any snow to 
make it a little more interesting but sometimes there is.  There is also a 
big trash can near the main door on the right as you are walking in.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Relieving dogs at Washington Seminar and other areas


>I can only say this because I have done this, but you get a pup from a 
>school that teaches the pup to relieve on the concrete, but then there is 
>more grass around. So then you let your dog use the grass, the dog gets use 
>to the grass, so then that is what you have to find when relieving. GDF 
>does teach to use both. I have been sticking to the concrete.
>
> It didn't bother me to have the pup go between cars. And that week she was 
> pretty regular so I had no issues.
>
> Just my two cents,f
>
> Marsha drenth
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:50 AM, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> There wasn't any particular place to go. Maxx has no problem going in the 
>> street or on the cement.
>> The Guide Dog Foundation does train on the cement and not to go on the 
>> grass unless you have no choice in the matter.
>> So that is where I take him. There was an outside area in between the 
>> lobby and the deli/starbucks area where people went to smoke. I took him 
>> there out of the way a little. He went, no one questioned me and I had 
>> plenty of baggies with me.
>> Now my question is and I could be wrong, and I am sure others will 
>> politely correct me please.
>> But don't the other guide dogs schools besides GDF train to go either on 
>> the cement or the street. I am only familiar with GDF so I am not privy 
>> to the other schools training.
>> I am also not picking on others either.
>> My question is, if we are taught at our schools when we get our dogs to 
>> go on the cement or the street and, of course, it has to be in a safe 
>> place to go. Then why are we so concerned about relief areas, so long as 
>> we pick up after our dogs.
>> This would help a lot at our state and local conventions, I mean there 
>> are parking lots, and some states do not have relief areas at there state 
>> conventions. Again sensitive to others on this but like at the Rosen 
>> Center where there are many close parking lots around the hotel, that 
>> does not have a lot of traffic around, why not just go there. I am 
>> thinking if we do relieve dogs in boxes they are not used to they might 
>> hold it in and have accidents. I have used them as well, I am guilty.
>> That way we don't have people having their dogs go to the bathroom on the 
>> grass or in flower beds, etc. and ruin the beautiful landscapes of 
>> places.
>> Again not picking on anyone. Just curious.
>> If you live in an area where you don't have sidewalks like in a farm 
>> area, etc. Each person living situation is different, but don't the 
>> schools take that into consideration when you are on class.
>> Again, just a conversation on this.
>> Cheryl
>>
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>>> From: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:12:27 -0500
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Washington Seminar Re:  nfb quiz
>>>
>>> I was at WS this year. I did see a good amount of dog users. Anyone on 
>>> list who was there, where did you relieve your dog? When I asked the 
>>> hotel, they did not have a clue. So I walked down about half a block to 
>>> the right of the hotel, and relieved between parked cars. This worked 
>>> for us. And yes I picked up. Miss was distracted but did a great 
>>> considering. Unfortunately I didn't have alot of time to stop and talk 
>>> to the other guide dog users.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marsha drenth
>>> Sent with my IPhone
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>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:55 PM, "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cindy, I heard there were a lot at Washington Ceminar.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:35 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] nfb quiz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The number of those using dogs at the NFB convention, while it has 
>>>>> increased, is still a long ways under the cane users. It is a huge 
>>>>> increase though from the past.
>>>>> CL
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:19 PM, d m gina wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> While I was taking the nfb quiz I was surprised when the answers came 
>>>>>> back saying that only five percent used guide dogs.
>>>>>> The rest used canes.
>>>>>> I put in 50 percent used dogs.
>>>>>> Does anyone know for sure how many dog users are out here traveling?
>>>>>> I was thinking of conventions and how many persons go to the 
>>>>>> conventions with guides.
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>
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